A certain number of times
- Knowbox dance
- Jul 30
- 3 min read
kNOwBOX dance Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Film Spotlight
A certain number of times (2024)
Directed by Giorgia Ponticello and Jody Hinterleitner
📍 Italy ⏱ 3:20 minutes
Two intertwined lives—a grandmother and granddaughter—dance through shared memories, honoring the passage of time and the fragile blend of past and present.
Film Description
Two intertwined lives bound by shared memories. An intimate dance between grandmother and granddaughter celebrates the cycle of life, from childhood to adulthood, in a house filled with memories. A tribute to the signs of time that transform the body into the repository of experiences to be preserved and passed on. Past and present blend cathartically in the fragility of a body struggling to remember.
Meet The Makers
What do you hope to communicate with our audience through your work?
I hope "A certain number of times" touches the hearts of the audience, inviting them to reflect on the relativity of time and their family origins.
Our theme this year is "Bodies in Motion: A Dance Film Celebration" to move beyond borders and dance through time. Telling stories only the body can speak. How do you think your film relates to this theme?
A certain number of times embodies the theme by celebrating the fragility and strength of an aging body as a living archive of memories. "Bodies in motion" as in the changing of the body through time and the inheritance of gestures and motions, passed down from generation to generation.
Biographies
Giorgia (1998, Italy) is a multidisciplinary artist with a background in dance and a strong interest in audiovisual and communication fields. She trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa, completing a thesis on the visual perception of movement in the relationship between audience and performers. In 2023, her short dance film "Absent Presence" was selected by international screendance and film festivals, receiving several special mentions and recognition. She is currently attending CAM (Cinema, Performing Arts and Media) in Turin to further her research at the intersection of dance and digital media.
Born into a family of artists and travelers, Jody (1999, Italy) began taking photographs as a child. Photography soon became his passion and his preferred means of expression. He attended a professional course in film and television editing, starting his career working for “Primocanale,” a television station in Genova. He then moved on to work for the production company “e-motion” as a camera assistant and operator, working for clients such as Costa Crociere, Bulgari, Moncler, and others. He currently collaborates with local artists, experimenting with innovative techniques and rediscovering outdated recording mediums such as magnetic tape and film.
Film Credits
Written by Giorgia Ponticello
Directed by Giorgia Ponticello and Jody Hinterleitner
Cinematography by Jody Hinterleitner
Performed by Lisa Punzo and Giorgia Ponticello
Choreography by Silvia Addiego Mobilio and Giorgia Ponticello
Set design by Cecilia Danesi and Fabrizio Catalano (GAGS collective)
Sound design and original score by SImone Meneghelli
Monologue from "The sheltering sky" written by Paul Bowles
Voice by Lisa Punzo
Festival Screenings/Awards
ZED International Screendance Festival 2024 (Bologna, Italy) National Premiere, Official selection // Max 3 Min Film Festival 2024 (Milan, Italy) Next Gen Award // Infinite Bodies International Film Festival 2024 (Genova, Italy) Audience Award // Interfaccia Digitale 2024 (Pesaro, Italy) Honorable Mention // Lens Dans Festival 2024 (Barcelona, Spain) Special Mention // Moving Body Festival 2024 (Varna, Bulgaria) Best Student Film
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